Category Archives: DFG

This wasn’t a surprise, yet the hunting/shooting community is acting like it has just discovered all lead ammunition will be banned for hunting in California by July 1, 2019. It’s an Internet revelation with the accompanying outrage. At the end … Continue reading →

The Mojave National Preserve, a unit of the National Park Service, will remain closed to deer hunters and other recreation users this weekend due to the federal shut-down. The D17 deer hunting zone is mostly contained within the Preserve boundaries, … Continue reading →

The new, kinder, gentler Department of Fish and Wildlife has proved it is an acrobatic agency. It stabbed both hunters and itself in the back Monday this week when Chuck Bonham, the vegetarian DFW director, sent a letter to Assemblyman … Continue reading →

The Department of Fish and Wildlife is actively working to ban hunting on vast areas of Southern California’s deserts under the guise of mitigating for energy development projects taking place on public lands in this region. Here’s an example of … Continue reading →

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has completed its 2013 waterfowl breeding population survey. The resulting data indicate the overall number of breeding ducks has decreased by 15 percent. “Habitat conditions are poor in both northeastern California and … Continue reading →

Racism is alive and well in California government. Thriving even. First, there are the fish and game racists. In the private sector, we used to call them bass snobs or trout snobs, but I think the term ‘racist’ is better … Continue reading →

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Applications for limited big game hunting tags must be completed no later than June 2. The application process can be completed at Department of Fish and Wildlife office, license agents, or on line through the DFW website. You can also … Continue reading →

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Coruption every hunter and fisherman need to listen to if you use the outdoors. Democratic lawmakers may attempt to oust California Fish and Game Commission President Daniel Richards as early as next week following outrage over his legal killing of … Continue reading →